Atwood v. First National Bank of Boston

The First National Bank of Boston (the bank), cotrustee under the will of Mabel C. Atwood (the testatrix), appeals from a final decree of the Probate Court for the county of Suffolk which ordered that the trust created under the Atwood will be terminated and that the corpus of the trust be turned over forthwith to the petitioner, Charles N. Atwood (Charles), son of the testatrix.

The testatrix’s will was probated in 1942. The will was executed in 1932, and a codicil was executed in 1941. She left the residue of her estate to her husband and an attorney in trust. The will, which contained a…